Francis Henry Brown

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Francis Henry AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Brown AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ39740 AWMM
• WWII 39740 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

14 Nov 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Father: Mr. S. A. Brown. c/o Police Station, 12 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. S. A. Brown of Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ39740 AWMM
• WWII 39740 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 50. Graduation Date: 11/09/1942. AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Orcades AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit AWMM

Francis Brown was the son of Samuel Adam Brown and of Jessie Brown (nee Grant) of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Matenga

5 May 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Urupā

Barmby-On-The-Moor (St Catherine) Churchyard, Yorkshire, England AWMM Row D Grave 8 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Otahuhu Railway Workshops War Memorial, corner of Piki Thompson Way, Otahuhu Auckland 1062 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• The 75th Anniversary of VE Day & the Barmby Moor War Dead Project
  https://www.treehousegenealogy.co.uk/post/75th-veday-barmby-moor
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2406355
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1943. portrait
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Information kindly provided by family
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  V5,n2,p59
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.